Crossroads

Chapter 351

“Dominick, what the hell gives you the right to

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-un like this?” me up

The room was roughly 300 square feet, without windows or a balcony, a completely sealed box. The center of the room was divided by a thick glass wall. Inside the high–density, bulletproof glass wall, Courney was like a caged animal, furiously pounding on the glass, shouting and cursing.

“Ms. Peterson, you’d better calm down and cooperate with us.

The guard’s voice, low and menacing, came from behind the alloy electronic door to the right of the glass wall.

“Go fuck yourself! Get me out of here, now!”

Courtney was frantic, kicking the glass with a deafening boom.

The whole space felt suffocating, making it impossible to think straight. The walls glowed an ominous red, adding to the sense of agitation and uncase. Courtney’s clothes were tom, her hair a mess, her eyes blazing with hatred.

She screamed with all her might, pounding her fists in frustration. “Dominick, what the hell are you trying to pull! You better watch your step, goddammit, or Ill kill your precious Stephaniel

“Let me out of here! What gives you the right to lock me up! Fuck, let me gor

“What reason do you think I have to detain you?” Dominick, sitting directly across from her, finally spoke, his face contorted in anger.

Courtney glared back, eyes blazing with rage. “You fucking monster! You’ll get what’s coming to you, you hear me? Dominick, don’t think you’re Invincible. Someone will take you down eventually

Her relentless rant didn’t faze him. He was simply growing tired of her.

“Gary is awake,” Dominick suddenly said

to

Courtney’s

want to know, Dominick Courtney seemed to give in,

sarcasm. “What could the heir of the Wellington family possibly not know? You brought me here to interrogate me, and it turns out there are things you don’t know… It’s amazing that there are things in this world that are beyond your control!”

darker and more menacing as he listened to

was it you?” he asked directly,

abruptly stopped as she looked

tilt of

at him, narrowing her eyes, scrutinizing every subtle change in his facial expression Courtney knew that every time she mentioned the name “Stephanie“, it seemed to have a magical effect, causing his brow to instinctively

her? Courtney regained her usual calm composure and asked him,

flicker passing through his deep eyes. “Did you have anything

hint of panic hidden in

someone as cold and ruthless as Dominick was starting

the homewrecker who tore your family apart. Your dad almost divorced your mom,

Dominick, the golden boy, was perfect, too perfect. The

how deep his secrets ran, a mocking

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Chapter 351

him to abduct you. Poor little Dominick, only five years old at the time, chained like a dog and dragged around. But a five–year–old should

stare bore into her. His lips slightly parted as if words of fury were about to spill out. His

breath, he gritted his

dared speak of the abducting case in

carry him so far. The sounds of pursuit thundered behind him. Did he feel fear? He couldn’t remember. All he could recall was

escaped from the abductors. When the Wellingtons found him, his clothes were tattered, his body covered in bloodstains, and he had pneumonia,

His grandfather had sensed something off about the abducting and eventually. found the perpetrators, but they were dead ends, leaving

now, his grandfather still didn’t know that the mastermind behind his abduction was none other than his own mother.

eventually reconciled with his mother, who remained the

was when he began